How Trump is banning DEI at universities — except for Jews
The Trump administration's ban on DEI at universities has one big exception: Jewish students get special support.
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The school also agreed to survey Jewish students and renew partnerships with Israeli academics
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Jewish community members at Harvard, Emerson College, Georgetown University and more have condemned the Trump administration’s actions
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Opinion Jewish life has thrived on my campus, amid pro-Palestinian protests — here’s what Trump doesn’t understand
As a Judaic studies professor, I used the upheaval as an occasion to educate — which is what universities are supposed to do
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Fast Forward Trump directs Health and Human Services to investigate medical schools for antisemitism
Medical schools at Harvard, Columbia, Brown and Johns Hopkins are being investigated for pro-Palestinian commencement activities
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Fast Forward Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian protesters’ demand to divest from Israel
'Baruch Hashem,' Rabbi Josh Bolton of Brown/RISD Hillel, said after the vote
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Fast Forward Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel — but aren’t giving protesters what they wanted
Still, Jewish leaders are skittish as a divestment vote nears at Brown University
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Fast Forward Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote
Joseph Edelman said that agreeing to activist demands to hold a vote on a divestment is a “reward” to a movement that promotes antisemitism
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